Road-raging maniac in Sierra foothills caught on video

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A warning to drivers everywhere: You never know who you might provoke on the road. Take the case of two women who were cruising on Interstate 80 in the Sierra foothills last Saturday.

An allegedly crazed woman behind the wheel of a pickup truck tried to run them off the road after the passenger either flipped her the bird or made some other kind of “rude gesture,” California Highway Patrol officials said.

The altercation started around 12:30 p.m. when the woman sitting shotgun in a white Mazda made the hand signal toward 50-year-old Dierdre Orozco as they passed between Auburn and Colfax, the CHP said. The move apparently sent Orozco into a rage.

She pulled in front of the Mazda and slammed on the brakes, forcing the driver behind the wheel of the car to stop, according to the CHP.

Orozco popped out of her truck, stormed over to the two women and pressed an ID card against their window, telling them she was a sheriff, which was captured on video after one of the women started recording the escalating incident. The passenger also called 911.

The women then sped off to get away from Orozco, who jumped back into her truck and continued after them, CHP officials said.